Travis Bland/WUNC News Peter Klopfer, a Duke biologist and founder of its Lemur Center as well as a civil rights activist and a man who left an indelible mark on U.S. law, died at the age of 95 on June 5. A Quaker and pacifist, Klopfer was no less a...

Megan Cloherty/WRAL News A Fuquay-Varina man is stressed about the amount of money he lost in an elaborate scam. He reached out to WRAL Investigates after seeing his name in a federal court document related to an online investment scam. Wesley Marley learned after reporting his losses to the FBI...

Elizabeth Ouzts/Canary Media In July 2022, a fierce summer storm rocked Wake Electric, a North Carolina cooperative serving nearly 60,000 households and other customers from the dense suburbs of Raleigh, the state capital, to rural areas along the Virginia border and in the coastal plain. Wind downed lines and knocked...

Michael Pardee/WXII News Trade workers, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC specialists, are retiring faster than they can be replaced, and experts warn this could cost the state’s economy nearly $10 billion. In Greensboro, Go Green Plumbing, Electrical, and HVAC is working to address the shortage through its apprenticeship program. Ike...

WSOCTV.com News Safe Harbor, a nonprofit in Hickory that provides resources for women and children in need, is growing its mission. The nonprofit recently broke ground on a new transitional housing facility called The Haven, the Hickory Daily Record reported. The Haven will have 11 temporary cottages for women working...

Paul Woolverton/CityView  An employee of the Cumberland County Board of Elections has filed a complaint against Board of Elections Chair Linda Devore, accusing her of breaking the law by interfering with the office’s operations, coercion, and questioning him about a private family health matter. He asserted that Devore offered him...

Drew C. Wilson/The Wilson Times Students who have lost sleep over end-of-year testing may appreciate the dilemma faced by retiring Wilson County Schools Superintendent Lane Mills. “I need to learn how to back a trailer so I can put my new boat in the water. That’s my next test,” Mills...

Trista Talton/Coastal Review Online North Carolina lawmakers pushed forward a pair of bills Wednesday that, in tandem, would repeal a decades-old ban on hardened coastal erosion-control structures and secure state funding for terminal groins. Senate Bill 1009 aims to erase the state’s 40-year prohibition on hardened structures, including breakwaters, bulkheads,...

Nick de la Canal/WFAE Radio Inside a small cubicle at the Bladen County Department of Social Services, Vanesa Sanchez balances her phone on her shoulder as her fingers fly across the keyboard. She’s one of 12 caseworkers who check eligibility for SNAP in a rural county where roughly one in...

Ben Humphries/EducationNC The U.S. Department of the Treasury has revealed some new details about the federal school choice tax credit that will offer people in participating states up to a $1,700 annual refund for donations made to qualifying “scholarship granting organizations.” A document released by the department reiterates that donations...

Paul B. Johnson/The High Point Enterprise The Guilford County Board of Commissioners is considering three options for a possible property tax increase in the wake of a moratorium on property revaluation through a bill signed by Gov. Josh Stein on Friday. Last month, County Manager Victor Isler presented a budget...

Lucas Thomae/Carolina Public Press Raleigh’s WakeMed hospital system is seeking approval to combine with Charlotte-based Atrium Health, but leaders of the two healthcare networks are adamant that the proposed $2 billion deal is not a sale. The “planned strategic combination” sparked public controversy and pushback from state leaders when it...

Aarik Long/The Waynesville Mountaineer Maggie Valley residents will see a two-cent increase to their tax rate this year after the town board approved a budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The two-cent increase pushes Maggie Valley up to a tax rate of 42 cents. “This increase is mainly attributed to...

Brenna Flanagan/Port City Daily Though the passage of its budget took center stage on Tuesday, the Wilmington City Council also discussed an amendment to make way for new city residents — goats. The city has been exploring using the grass-eating livestock as an all-natural landscaping solution amid dense greenery in...

Ana Risano /The Southern Pines Pilot Early data from a county-wide travel demand model has members of the southern Moore’s transportation planning group concerned with future road capacity. The model, still under development by the state Department of Transportation, is anticipated to be another tool as local officials and transportation...